A3 task sheet designed for students to consolidate what they have learnt from Key Enquiry 1 (Westward Migration) of a thematic approach to teaching the American West study for Paper 2
Lesson 8 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson is aimed for students to answer the question: Does Gerneal Haig deserve to be called 'the butcher of the Somme?'
This is an assessment opportunity,
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- information gathering activity
- story board activity
- source based task
- levelled objective based extended piece of writing
- washing line plenary
Lesson 10 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on reasons for Germany's surrender and the signing of Armistice.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- numeracy starter task
- remembrance day task / discussion of what remembrance day is
- carousel activity describing reasons for surrender and explaining the impacts
- PEE paragraph task
- remembrance day poetry plenary
A3 task sheet designed for students to consolidate what they have learnt from Key Enquiry 1 (Life of Plains Indians) of a thematic approach to teaching the American West study for Paper 2
Lesson 7 of 9 in a Year 9 scheme of work for the Holocaust.
This lesson focuses on the Nazi's regime of implementing concentration camps.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities.
Lesson includes:
- starter task based on Adam Koscielniak's art interpretations
- analysis of 2 interpretations of events task
- source analysis
- stretch task
- social media plenary
Lesson 7 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on conditions in the trenches.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- recap task
- source task (information gathering activity)
- letter / diary entry writing task
- peer assessment plenary
Lesson 3 of 9 in a Year 9 scheme of work for the Holocaust.
This lesson focuses on the persecution of Jews in Germany (application of knowledge from lesson 2 - however, can also be used as a stand alone lesson)
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities.
Lesson includes:
- bell work activity
- activity to gauge prior knowledge
- video and questioning task
- bronze, silver, gold activity based on persecution of the Besser family (case study)
- stretch activity
- plenary
Current Year 11 OCR History GCSE Lesson.
Lesson includes bronze, silver and gold learning objectives for students to work through.
Includes:
- bell work activity / starter
- card sort the event in to chronological order
- success and failures activity
- exam question
- peer assessment (following mark scheme)
- exemplar answer
Lesson includes:
Lesson PowerPoint
Do Now Activity - Whitechapel AO1 knowledge quiz (and answers)
Main Activity - Students to use 3 weakest areas to direct their learning over next 30 mintues to complete specific improvement tasks. These include: heads and tails, closed text mind map, note tasking task, revision clock, thinking quilt, hexagon activity and picture taboo task.
Students are then to complete the challenge task (describe two features of… question)
Plenary - Quiz, Quiz, Trade
Lesson 4 of 9 in a Year 9 scheme of work for the Holocaust.
This lesson focuses on the persecution of Jews in Germany (application of knowledge from lesson 2 - however, can also be used as a stand alone lesson)
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities.
Lesson includes:
- bell work activity
- evidence gathering and hypothesis forming task
- evidence discussion
- peer assessment
- plenary
Lesson 6 of 9 in a Year 9 scheme of work for the Holocaust.
This lesson focuses on the different Nazi youth groups.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities.
Lesson includes:
- video and questioning task
- think, pair, share activity
- research task (information resources provided)
- stretch source worksheet
- student voice plenary
Lesson 11 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on the end of the war and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- starter voice starter
- discussion of the Big 3
- analysing terms task
- PEE paragraph (with sentence starters)
- source plenary
- quiz activity
Lesson 12 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson is an assessment opportunity for students to demonstrates their understanding of topics covered in the scheme of work through extended pieces of writing.
Students will cover:
Life in Accrington
Propaganda
Being part of a PALS battalion
Trench warfare
The battle of the Somme
Germany's surrender
Signing of Armistice
The Treaty of Versailles
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- Powerpoint showing the fate of the Accrington PALS battalion (students use this to complete their soldier profile for identified soldier earlier in the scheme of work)
- Assessment worksheet
Lesson 3 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson is an assessment opportunity to gauge student understanding of the causes of WWI.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- levelled assessment objectives
- literacy levelled objectives
- sentence starters
Lesson 5 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on the PALS battalions (case study: Accrington) There is an opportunity for students to use the soldier profile formed in this lesson throughout homework activities and stretch tasks through the remaining lessons in the unit of work.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- starter source task
- key term definition (PALS)
- video clip
- soldier profile game activity
- questioning plenary
Lesson 6 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on introducing life in the trenches.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- starter source task
- independent activity (using resources provided) to understand why trenches were used, where they were, what they were like etc.
- 3, 2, 1 plenary
This is an assessment used in the current Year 10 new GCSE (AQA) for The American West 1840 - 1895. Used to assess student understanding of life on the Plains, the concept of manifest destiny and American progress, attitudes towards the Plains Indians (covering Fort Laramie Treaty 1851) and taking in to consideration students have previously studied some of the groups who settled the West (Mormons, Gold miners)
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives (and prompts to assist students with completing tasks) , write on multiple choice quiz (starter), write on assessment sheet, sources insert and mark scheme.
Lesson includes:
- multiple choice quiz (starter)
- key word definition
- timeline completion (chronology)
- source description
- interpretation questions
- self assessment plenary
- sources booklet (AQA)
- interpretation questions mark scheme (AQA)
Lesson 4 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on the use of propaganda.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- starter picture task
- keyword definition
- analysing propaganda task
- image V reality plenary
Lesson 1 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on introducing the long term causes and the build up to WWI
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- starter task to gauge prior understanding
- key word definition
- application of M,A, I, N
- alliance system map task
- make a judgement (significance) plenary
Lesson 2 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One.
This lesson focuses on the spark that triggered the war.
Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources and video clips included.
Lesson includes:
- card sort activity
- timeline / chronology activity
- tweet the teacher plenary